floehopper

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by floehopper 3y ago
I spent 2 winters in Antarctica with people with strong accents, e.g. Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Scouse, Geordie, Cumbrian, and Devonian. On my return to the UK a lot of people said I'd developed a Brummie accent, although none o
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by floehopper 3y ago
> In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible... https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/167105
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by floehopper 3y ago
> the Venture Predator constructs a pile of shit so large and impressive that investors are convinced that there must be a pony under there somewhere https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fake-it-till-you-make
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by floehopper 4y ago
I use https://www.ethicalbooksearch.com/ to find books sold by responsible booksellers including BWB.
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by floehopper 4y ago
You may also enjoy https://tomstu.art/automatic-differentiation-in-ruby and the accompanying video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI7mtWB4WiA .
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by floehopper 4y ago
I first heard this as a radio play on BBC Radio4 back in 1991! * Metadata: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05b414af4bfa4923b9c9c3bc2257d5ef * Audio: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=602882533671599
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by floehopper 4y ago
Jon Worth's [1] CrossBorderRail project [2] aims to highlight missing cross-border rail links in Europe. He's recently embarked on a huge rail and bike journey that crosses every internal border inside the European Union (and EFTA
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by floehopper 5y ago
The Raspberry Pi Foundation's Code Club World [1] is designed for young people aged 9-13. It provides a fun and more gradual introduction to block-based programming leading on to projects using Scratch and Python. [1]: https:/&#x
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The DHH Problem(codon.com)
65 points by floehopper 12y ago|14 comments
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by floehopper 12y ago
Go Free Range - http://gofreerange.com
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1 error(s) prevented this form from being saved(po-ru.com)
2 points by floehopper 13y ago|0 comments
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by floehopper 15y ago
I agree. This is presentation was brilliant and I'd really encourage people to watch it.